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It seems like this year is going to see quite a few changes at the fishery. I will outline some of them below. First, however, I want to ask readers to get involved in a club in their area. In Bristol, our association is pretty strong, but it still could do with more members. All…

Imagine a place where you can stalk twenty pound plus carp off the surface in January. Where the sun always seems to shine and where life is easy. Too good to be true? Well believe it or not, such a place does exist and is only a four hour flight from the UK. More and…

Flicking through my daily newspaper I came upon the cartoons – I’m not an F.T reader you understand, – there was this drawing of two monks facing each other. The monk on the far side had a large cigar in his left hand and a tumbler of whisky in his right, behind him stood two…

Adventure fishing, is that what you’d call it? I certainly would ! I know that a lot of the readers here, like myself, are interested in learning; new skills, better spots, how to add a whole range of colours to their pallet.I was on an adventure trip in Taupo, New Zealand, and I was painting…

The first session of the week came on a day of strong westerly winds that were cold to sit out in but in the shelter it was not too bad. I settled for the swim by the bush again as nothing could be seen in the murky margins and the pads were still yet to…

My original plan had been to investigate some of the big lakes of southeast Europe in Slovenia, Hungary, northern Italy and southern Austria. Id even been as far as Lake Balaton just to the southwest of Budapest. But I quailed at the sight a lake too far for me, Im afraid. I decided to make…